Toddler dies in driveby shooting

David Taylor

Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, April 14, 2005

According to Harris County Sheriff's Office investigators, Ernest Naquin had taken his two daughters, ages four and 11, and his 18-month-old son, Aiden, to an area Sno-Cone stand around 8 p.m. After purchasing the sno-cones, Naquin began driving back to his home and noticed that he was being followed.

Sgt. Mike Smith said "They turned into the trailer park off Third St. when the suspect vehicle passed them on the left."

"The vehicle stopped in the middle of the trailer park drive and the passenger side occupant in the rear seat got out of the vehicle. By what we can tell, he discharged five rounds into the complainants vehicle."

Smith said that two of the rounds hit Aiden Naquin in the head. When the shooting began, the father tried to escape the scene by backing his vehicle up. Naquin crashed his car into a nearby trailer.

The suspect vehicle was occupied by four suspects and witnesses say the car fled eastbound on Third St., towards FM 2100, after the shooting.

Aiden was transported by LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 10 p.m.

The suspect that fired the shots is described as a white/hispanic male, stocky build, shaved head and a goatee. The suspect was wearing a white muscle shirt and baggy, blue denim jeans.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Harris County Homicide Division at 713-967-5810.